Six true crime authors come together to present the second annual Serial Killers True Crime Anthology, which depicts 13 horrific cases of serial homicide told in detail. Each case will take the listener from the background of the serial killer to the crime scene, investigation, trial, and sentencing.

The Evil Within

Throughout his time as a murder squad detective, Trevor Marriott has seen firsthand the wanton slayings and butcheries that have been committed by both men and women who have warped, depraved and sadistic minds. In this fascinating and chilling book, he examines the world's most notorious serial killers and the despicable crimes they committed.

Masters of True Crime: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre

Spanning murder cases from the beginning of the 20th century to today, this is a must-hear for fans of true crime and will also be compelling to mystery and thriller listeners. The contributors include Harold Schechter, Katherine Ramsland, Carol Anne Davis, Burl Barer, and other leading writers in this genre. Each of the 17 contributors draws on his or her own strengths, backgrounds, interests, and research skills to describe, in a vivid narrative, not only the facts of each notorious case but also the terrible emotions and macabre circumstances surrounding the crimes.

The Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes: Incredible Real-Life Murders

A gripping collection of stories of human criminality at its most bizarre.

These unusual, sensational murders recall not only gruesome historical crimes, but also touch on shocking and macabre modern murders. Included are details of groundbreaking advances in crime detection, law enforcement, and forensic science. This is the top-secret report on the most grisly, and unusual, criminal activity of our time.

The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History

Theodore Bundy was one of the more infamous, and flamboyant, American serial killers on record, and his story is a complex mix of psychopathology, criminal investigation, and the U.S. legal system. This in-depth examination of Bundy's life and his killing spree that totaled dozens of victims is drawn from legal transcripts, correspondence and interviews with detectives and prosecutors. Using these sources, new information on several murders is unveiled.

Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime

The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: how they lived, how they died--and who killed them. Val McDermid uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine with groundbreaking research and her own experience. Along the way you'll wonder at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine time of death and how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer.

Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Nation's Most Bizarre Mass Murderer

After Jack the Ripper and before Son of Sam there was only one name their equal in terror: the deadly, elusive, and mysterious Zodiac. Beginning in 1968 the hooded mass murderer terrified the city of San Francisco and the Bay Area with a string of brutal killings. A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder.

The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of One of America's Deadliest Killers

Twenty-five years after Richard Ramirez left 13 dead, paralysing the city of Los Angeles, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder. Philip Carlo's US best seller The Night Stalker, based on three years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, reveals the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined.

The World's Most Bizarre Murders: True Stories That Will Shock and Amaze You

This is no ordinary true-crime book. If you think you've got the stomach for the most blood-curdling, sickening, and downright strangest murders you will ever come across, then look no further than these pages. You have been warned....

Fred and Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors

The true crime bestseller about Fred and Rose West a couple virtually unique in British criminal history - who loved and killed together as husband and wife. During their long relationship the Wests murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of nine victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their teenage daughter, Heather.

The Misbegotten Son

An account of the crimes of Arthur Shawcross describes how the paroled child killer shot, stabbed, suffocated, and strangled 16 Rochester, New York, prostitutes and examines how the legal system failed his victims.

Green River, Running Red

In the most extraordinary journey Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more than 49 young women. Green River, Running Red is a harrowing account of a modern monster, a killer who walked among us undetected. It is also the story of his quarry -- of who these young women were and who they might have become.

House of Horrors: The Shocking True Story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler

To his neighbors, Anthony Sowell was a friendly and helpful former Marine. But they didn't know about his dark side - or the gruesome secret inside his house. Sowell's secret life was revealed to the nation on October 29, 2009, when a Cleveland Police SWAT team entered his house to arrest him for an alleged rape. They didn't find Sowell, but they encountered a nightmarish scene: two decomposed bodies in his third-floor living room. Eight more bodies were hidden throughout the house and buried in the back yard.

World's Worst Crimes: An A-Z of Evil Deeds

The World's Worst Crimes takes you deep into the disturbing world of psychopaths, career criminals, and serial killers. From the Woman in the Box and the Online Murderer to the Dusseldorf Vampire and the House of Horror, this book delves into every major category of crime, sifting through the evidence to present a grisly, compelling, and blood-spattered history of the worst crimes ever committed.

The World's Most Evil Psychopaths: Horrifying True Life Cases

The World's Most Evil Psychopaths provides a concise yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived. Starting with examples of the earliest recorded psychopaths, author John Marlowe presents a carefully chosen cross-section of history's most infamous criminals, whose fascinating life stories are viewed with an unflinching gaze, making for a chilling, but engrossing listening experience.

The Psychopath Test

This is a story about madness. It all starts when journalist Jon Ronson is contacted by a leading neurologist. She and several colleagues have recently received a cryptically puzzling book in the mail, and Jon is challenged to solve the mystery behind it. As he searches for the answer, Jon soon finds himself, unexpectedly, on an utterly compelling and often unbelievable adventure into the world of madness.

The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina Dejesus

In The Lost Girls, John Glatt tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight - who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly raped and beaten in a Cleveland house for over a decade by Ariel Castro - and their amazing escape in May 2013, which made headlines all over the world.

Publisher's Summary

Serial killers: They cross the bounds of evil. They murder at random without logic or reason other than the one twisting in their sick and evil minds. They are diabolical, vile creatures devoid of morality or pity. You will meet a chosen few of them in this audiobook. We will see that serial killers are roaming among us all, from small towns to big cities. They are not limited to a particular place, gene pool, culture, social class, or religion. They are not restricted to any particular demographic or political propensity and they can be of any gender.

Some of the serial killers chosen for this first annual Serial Killers True Crime Anthology you might have heard of and we present their tales in new ways. Others have not graced every newspaper, tabloid, or television screen and represent tales of true-crime horror told in detail for the first time in these pages.

Five of true crime's most prolific authors have come together in this audiobook to present their most compelling cases of serial homicide, famous and not so famous.

The reader makes frequent, obvious mistakes but doesn't edit them out. It may only be a small thing but this is a professional item and it really pulls you out of the story. He also reads in a very dull way, not sure why but I find myself getting distracted from the audio book, that is not at all like me.

The book itself was a fun compilation with no individual murderer getting much more than an hour, making it ideal for household chores. Sadly the introduction is severely lacking in academic references which makes a number of the advanced theories interesting, but not much more than the author's opinion.

No, what kills this book is the reader. I should mention here that I am German and Nazi Germany played a significant role in one of the theories advanced. For this the author provides the reader/listener with the German names and words. Sadly what we end up hearing is more of a painful sneeze than a language. I consider myself very well versed in Third Reich history, but I didn't recognise ANY of the words and names, even when I knew what it was suppose to be from the context. It is truly terrible. Towards the end we encounter the same problem with Eastern European terms. Would it have really been too much to ask to get those chapters (I think it is three in total including an American Nazi nut in the middle) read by someone with the appropriate language skills? Or just change things to avoid foreign languages? Sounding like having a bad cold should absolutely not be an option! Especially as it makes it hard to read up on anything mentioned in more detail, which is an unfortunate choice for a book written in a semi academic style.

I would have given one star for performance, but the English parts are actually quite well done.

'Soft academic' approach to the subject. explores the history, science AND sensation of serial killers. I found it gripping, it satisfied my morbid fascination and clinical curiosity. Narrator was decent.

Really enjoyed this book . I really find how dna brings criminals to justice even years later just brilliant . I found the explanation of how the brain works cause and effect interesting . but most of all my thoughts are with all the children and vulnerable victims so very sad

This may be a great book in print, but this audio version is terrible! The narrator marks errors directly to the narrative, but it's not edited out. He fumbles over words and it's just a mess. Terrible!

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Pulplife

Canton, Ohio

08/03/14

Overall

Performance

Story

"Different written voices of one engrossing topic"

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Anyone interested in True Crime and the inner workings of a Serial Killer this book is packed with plenty variety and engrossing studies of what makes a Serial Killer

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

His ability to read some of the names without a flaw, my only complaint but didn't really take away from my enjoyment was the two spots where narration editing was not removed where he would say start over and repeat the sentence.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Don Kline?

Yes as long as the subject was of interest to me.

What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?

Many facts from the different authors and their own special interest in the subject of a Serial Killer.

Any additional comments?

I read plenty of True Crime and found this book very entertaining and informative. I'm a fan of the authors of this book and have collected other works from them.

This book is a collection of new cases I have not seen in other book forms.

There seems to be different forms of True Crime some is wrote like a mystery movie such as a Ann Rule book, and some take a police point of view that is very entertaining. The collection in this book is another form of Just The Facts that take away all the fluff and just entices you into a study of a criminal mind.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Brenda

Sewickley, PA, USA

26/04/14

Overall

Performance

Story

"Oh...... My...... Gosh. He reads.... Like this"

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The actual written book might be great. I can't tell, because the reader halts in mid sentence, often multiple times. You can't follow the story because his CONSTANT pausing makes it impossible. This is not a case of a few stumbles. I'm very tolerant of different readers and have never, in my 10 years with audible, and at least 1000 books, come across anything like this.

What did you like best about this story?

I have always been fascinated by this subject. Not because I think there is anything good about it, but more wondering why and how a person could do these things. And having 4 teens, I want to know all the danger signs and situations to avoid.

Would you be willing to try another one of Don Kline’s performances?

No way. And I've never said this before about any reader.

What character would you cut from Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014?

N/A

Any additional comments?

Did the people producing this story LISTEN to any of this? It's like a teen reading out loud for the class for the first time, the whole time. Example: "As forensic psychiatrist........ James Money......more recently explains..... the limbic region of the brain is responsible...... for predation and attack and defense.... of both the self and the species." And some sentences are worse. The more complicated the wording, the more pauses. Sometimes after only a word or two. This makes it impossible to follow where a sentence begins and ends. You can't just relax and get into the story.

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Tricia Munter

Hastings, MN United States

25/05/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Narration very poor"

The stories were interesting. However, the narrator was almost impossible to listen to. I finally increased the speed to 1.25 and was able to finish listening. In addition to his slow and halting narration the repetition from missed edits was very distracting. Maybe the editor had as much trouble listening to the narration as I did. So many obvious repeated reading after what should have been edited out.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

HackDefendr

Schaumburg, IL

01/05/14

Overall

Performance

Story

"The Most Horrible Narration Ever"

What made the experience of listening to Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014 the most enjoyable?

I cannot answer this question accurately because I could not finish listening. See my comments below on Don Kline's performance.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I believe the information in the book was interesting, and would have more of an impact if the narration was better.

What didn’t you like about Don Kline’s performance?

Don Kline consistently made basic mistakes in grammar/pronunciation, restarted sentences mid read, stutter/stopped while reading which made the experience unbearable.

Don Kline clearly does not understand proper sentence structure, which makes listening nearly impossible. Don completely and repeatedly missed where the emphasis of a sentence lies, did not read punctuation properly (e.g. the comma), and could not move from one sentence to the next.

Honestly...reading should be the top most skill when interviewing someone to narrate a book. Audible staff should have previewed this book and then rejected its submission for such poor quality in narration.

What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?

I am unable to answer this question honestly due to not being able to finish.

Any additional comments?

Never let Don Kline narrate again...I simply will not buy another book with him listed at narrator.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Susan

Atlanta, GA, United States

25/11/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Second attempt, worst reader EVER."

What would have made Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014 better?

A good narrator and different material.

Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?

Doubtful. Much of the material was long passages of dry statistical or almanac sounding material.

What didn’t you like about Don Kline’s performance?

Simply awful. Kline mumbles and stumbles over long words, whole passages are vomited out in a hard to understand stream. He sounds completely uninterested in the material. I'll never listen to him again, even if the material is something I really want to hear. I'll go buy the book and read it myself. Gosh. I cannot tell you how painful it was to listen to him. I stopped listening at one point, set it aside, came back later and listened to most of the rest of the book before finally throwing it down. Just awful.

What character would you cut from Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014?

The narrator.

Any additional comments?

I've said enough.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

RiskyFish

04/11/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"horrible narrator"

The narrator is distressingly terrible and takes away from the story. Edit notes were left in. I had to bump up the speed to 1.25 to make the Shatner-like reading bearable.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

L. Steel

12/09/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Awful narrator for such an important topic!"

This audio book is simply awful. The narrator has a halting cadence ... As if ... He is ... Reading ... A poem ... Instead of ... An important work ... On murder. Yeah. The whole book is like that.

It is also rife with errors that went uncorrected. My favorite? A murderer who spent time in a "penile institution."

Clearly, a book of such a serious nature, with stories that are grotesque, warrants a more professional narration.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Kindle Customer

deep south

28/09/14

Overall

Performance

Story

"I actually liked the Narrator"

What did you love best about Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014?

I did enjoy the separate stories. My favorite was about Robert Pickton

What other book might you compare Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014 to and why?

all the other crime books I enjoy

What does Don Kline bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I actually loved the narrator. He was very earnest. I enjoyed his voice and his cadence. I would listen to him again, anytime.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Kevin B. Mourey

04/10/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"I had to find out for myself..."

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narration and editing of this book were as described by other reviewers of this book.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

The "start over" sequences when the narrator set out to begin again and the editing left the cut in the actual audio book.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator's lack of accurate pronunciation was both a detractor and entertaining due to the absurdity of some of the attempts.

Any additional comments?

The overall book as stated by other reviewers is doubtless worth the read. I for one would like to give the narrator a second chance at an accurate reading. The reader has a good voice, and I believe he was let down by his editing.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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